MikeRox said:
The Swastika is slightly different, in that it represented nothing beyond the Nazi regime. My knowledge of the US Civil war isn't spectacular, but from what I've read, and common sense would surely dictate that "we want slaves, we're going to war!" isn't exactly what happened, though many people now seem to say it did. I suspect most people getting their history from films such as Lincoln probably helps purpetuate such views as such a focus is placed on that aspect of the politics of the time. I mean many people seem to think the reason Scotland is part of the UK is because the Evil English conquored and oppressed them, when the reality is they bankrupted themselves on a failed New World outpost and sought a bail out from England in exchange for Sovereignty. |
Regarding the Swastika I seem to recall something about it being a symbol for peace prior to the Nazi regime using it. Since then though it is universally seen as a negative, so there's that.
The unfortunate thing with history is that the cliche is true; it is written by the victor. The idea that "the South" rose up against "the North" because they wanted more general freedoms to govern themselves within the Union is a much less sexy reason to have had the war than the idea that they wanted to own other humans.
